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# ode

«ode» in Mova's school dictionary: **A poem that praises or speaks to someone or something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an ode, odes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A poem that praises or speaks to someone or something, often in a grand, serious style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#m1)

2) (playful) Anything made to celebrate something: «an ode to pizza». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils read odes such as Keats's «To Autumn» and «Ode to a Nightingale», and may write their own odes to the sea or to a pet. In music, «Ode to Joy» is the famous tune from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, today the anthem of Europe. Phrase: «an ode to».

### examples

- The poet wrote an ode to the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x1)
- We read Keats's «Ode to a Nightingale» in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x2)
- Our class wrote funny odes to chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x3)
- «Ode to Joy» is played at big European events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x4)
- The song is an ode to summer holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x5)
- Write an ode that praises your favourite place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/#x6)

### note

«An ode», not «a ode». Homophone: «owed» (past of owe: «I owed him £2»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ode» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ode/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.